UMSICHT

Assessment of the environmental hazards of silver nanomaterials: From chemical particles to technical products

UMSICHT intends to study and better understand the behavior, fate, and impacts of silver nanoparticles in the environment. Methods for production and detection of silver nanoparticles of different sizes, shapes or surface coatings are developed or optimized in addition. The properties of the particles decisively influence their environmental behavior and effects. Within the framework of a subproject, wear debris from real textile products are produced and studied under realistic conditions within different scenarios.

Project web page: http://www.umsicht.uni-bremen.de/

Duration: 01.05.2010 - 30.04.2013

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Juliane Filser

Partners:
Bremen University, Center of Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology
Bekleidungsphysiologisches Institut Hohenstein e.V. (BPI)
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology
Federal Environment Agency, Germany
TU Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Physics, Biophotonics group
IWT Stiftung Institut für Werkstofftechnik
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Bremer Umweltinstitut GmbH
CHT R. Beitlich GmbH
Rent-a-Scientist GmbH
Thuringian Institute of Textile and Plastics Research, Native Polymers and Chemistry
Lauffenmühle GmbH Co. KG